dudalb Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 10 minutes ago, John Marston said: but the studio heads who make all the bad decisions stay Not really , Just takes longer, and they have nice Golden Parachutes the workers do not. But if a studio loses money or has really low profits over a period of time,, the stockholders and the Board of Directors will rebel, and that is when Studio execs find themselves "at liberty", Holllywood has, compared with other industries, a very high rate of executive turnover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sckathian Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) 9 hours ago, MovieMan89 said: Bullshit tbh considering Pixar’s whole struggle to be successful in recent years has been stupid execs devaluing the brand and greenlighting crap like Lightyear. They could probably have great box office clout rn with the push WDAS got for movies like Luca and Turning Red. I disagree. People complain about high budgets them bemoan layoffs. Pixar is too expensive and need to outsource more of their work. Or die. Also amazing to see some online still blame Chapek for this. Edited January 12 by Sckathian 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) When people complain about high budgets they're typically doing it from a place of simplistic armchair box office analysis, not from thoughtful consideration of where that money actually goes. And studios like Illumination and Sony have much different circumstances that I would prefer Disney not try to emulate unless absolutely necessary. But if that article is to be believed, the issue was mainly the ramped up production pipeline based on rosy streaming ROI expectations that didn't end up happening. I do think Chapek is definitely to blame for that. Elemental brought some of the studio's cache back but they still probably weren't going to be able to maintain the kind of pace Disney had expected of them, which is further supported by Elio getting delayed to next summer and taking the place of whatever was supposed to be coming out then. That slowing of pace down does sadly mean people getting laid off. Edited January 12 by AniNate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 See, high budgets and innovation are actually good. Pixar had the highest budgets in animation when they were making stuff like WALL-E. Problem is their scripts aren't really very good now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 7 hours ago, Sckathian said: I disagree. People complain about high budgets them bemoan layoffs. Pixar is too expensive and need to outsource more of their work. Or die. Also amazing to see some online still blame Chapek for this. As many have said before, Pixar is not "too expensive". Their budgets encompass the cost of the studio. It would be like if Disney reported the budget of The Marvels was the cost to run Disney during production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderByte Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 This...isn't unprecedented. Star Wars Infinities was basically exactly that idea. Plus if they wanted classic characters back that'd be an easier way to do them for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertman2 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 13 minutes ago, SpiderByte said: This...isn't unprecedented. Star Wars Infinities was basically exactly that idea. Plus if they wanted classic characters back that'd be an easier way to do them for sure. I hope they adapt Yoda doing a colony drop on Corusant using the Death Star 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, SpiderByte said: This...isn't unprecedented. Star Wars Infinities was basically exactly that idea. Plus if they wanted classic characters back that'd be an easier way to do them for sure. Sure this is nice but keep on rolling out seasons of Visions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryMovieMogul Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 19 hours ago, Sckathian said: I disagree. People complain about high budgets them bemoan layoffs. Pixar is too expensive and need to outsource more of their work. Or die. Also amazing to see some online still blame Chapek for this. I'd rather they die than start outsourcing work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sckathian Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, MysteryMovieMogul said: I'd rather they die than start outsourcing work. “I would prefer 100% layoffs rather than 25%” - quite the take! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sckathian Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 5 hours ago, SpiderByte said: This...isn't unprecedented. Star Wars Infinities was basically exactly that idea. Plus if they wanted classic characters back that'd be an easier way to do them for sure. It makes sense. The original cartoons draws were the characters. Star Wars TV is slowly becoming a live action Big Finish and that’s fine by me. I personally would be interested in What If being a brand for different series though. Like, I don’t care for one offs - give me a limited series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderByte Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 5 hours ago, Sckathian said: It makes sense. The original cartoons draws were the characters. Star Wars TV is slowly becoming a live action Big Finish and that’s fine by me. I personally would be interested in What If being a brand for different series though. Like, I don’t care for one offs - give me a limited series. I'm assuming thisd be animated like What If is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liiviig 1998 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 What if starwars show though similar to visions is a good idea and would get there creative juices flowing which is sorely lacking on live action side of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 It makes me very sad that they could lay off 250 or more people from Pixar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 This will be the year of layoffs everywhere anyway so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 19 hours ago, SpiderByte said: This...isn't unprecedented. Star Wars Infinities was basically exactly that idea. Plus if they wanted classic characters back that'd be an easier way to do them for sure. I will be seated for a "What if Padme survived and went into hiding / led the Resistance / or even turned to the dark side herself." Or 'What if Finn's story arc was allowed to properly be planned and play out on the big screen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMisfits Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Morieris said: I will be seated for a "What if Padme survived and went into hiding / led the Resistance / or even turned to the dark side herself." Or 'What if Finn's story arc was allowed to properly be planned and play out on the big screen." If I was gonna go prequel, original, and sequel, I want the "what if Jar Jar was actually a Sith", "what if Lando stayed a coward and didn't save Leia" and "what if Finn really died a hero"... Edited January 13 by TwoMisfits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The obvious prequel What If is what if Qui-Gon lived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 What If… George Lucas let an actual writer do the prequel screenplays, their biggest issue was fixed, and fans never turned on him back in the 00s? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I just bought a ticket to Soul in Dolby Cinema AMC. Looking forward to Monday morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...